Pages: 171-177

The article publishes an unusual lamp shaped as a Roman military boot — calceus. It was found in the filling of a cistern used to salt fish in, located under the floor of the central nave of Kruze basilica. This is a rare find not only in Chersonesos but also in the Northern Black Sea area and the Roman Empire in general. Its closest analogies can be found in the eastern part of the latter. The lamp contributes to our knowledge about the Roman military footwear. It is dated to late 2nd—3rd cc. One can suppose that the published lamp was produced in a workshop in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, which is proved by a partly preserved Greek inscription on its «sole». And the find of a lamp of this shape adds another element to our understanding of material culture of Chersonesos in the Roman time.

Keywords: Chersonesos Taurica, Roman Empire, oil-lamp, Roman military footwear

Information about authors:

Sergey Ushakov (Sevastopol, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Crimean Branch of Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Vernadsky Pr., 2, Simferopol, 95007, Ukraine
E-mail: [email protected]
Valentin Doroshko (Sevastopol, Ukraine). National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Drevnyaya St., 1, Sevastopol, 99045, Ukraine
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